Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment, providing for women's suffrage, to the Constitution of the United States.
Latest action · May 21, 2019 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Progress
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- IntroducedMay 3, 2019
- Agreed to in HouseMay 21, 2019
Summary
This resolution celebrates the 100th anniversary of the passage and ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, providing for women's suffrage. The resolution also reaffirms the desire of Congress to continue strengthening democratic participation.
Cosponsors 169
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 3, 2019 to May 21, 2019; 104 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Original | May 3, 2019 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | May 3, 2019 |
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | May 3, 2019 |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Original | May 3, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | May 3, 2019 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | May 3, 2019 |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | May 3, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Original | May 3, 2019 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | May 3, 2019 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | May 3, 2019 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | May 3, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | May 3, 2019 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | May 3, 2019 |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Original | May 3, 2019 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | May 3, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 3, 2019Discharged May 21, 2019 |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred May 20, 2019 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 21, 2019Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
- May 21, 2019Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H4024)
- May 21, 2019Ms. Dean asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
- May 21, 2019Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H4024)
- May 21, 2019Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- May 20, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
- May 3, 2019Introduced in House
- May 3, 2019Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45805 | Women’s Suffrage: Fact Sheet Archived | Report | Feb 22, 2021 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRES 212 | A resolution celebrating the 100th anniversary of the passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment, providing for women's suffrage, to the Constitution of the United States. | Related bill | Jun 4, 2019 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment, providing for women's suffrage, to the Constitution of the United States.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 21, 2019Engrossed in House
- May 3, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
